Overview
- The Pakistan Cricket Board announced two 15-player squads on Sunday, August 16, naming Fatima Sana captain of both the ACC Women’s Asia Cup team in Dubai and the women’s side for the 20th Asian Games in Aichi, Japan.
- A core group of 12 players is common to both lists while three places differ between the Asia Cup and Asian Games rosters to manage the compact schedule.
- Selectors recalled senior batter Aliya Riaz for the Asian Games squad and left out veteran fast bowler Diana Baig from both tournament squads.
- Pakistan began a preparatory training camp at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore running August 16–25 ahead of the Asia Cup, which runs August 28–September 13 and is followed by Asian Games knockout matches from September 17.
- The PCB kept Wahab Riaz and the existing support staff despite recent poor T20 results, a choice framed by officials and media as an attempt to stabilise and rebuild the team before two immediate international assignments.